Artist Statement
Concepts To create a living landscape, not in representational terms, but as a voyage of the mind and exploration of material. Also to glean from nature and discarded man-made debris, like any beachcomber. To navigate through human emotion. My subject is the figure in the landscape, but the human presence is hinted at, rather than stated and mostly it is my own creative response to something observed, reworked in the mind and recalled from memory. Influences Environment/Ecology, Nature, Music, Poetry, Literature, Architecture, Scottish landscape. Career path Edinburgh College of Art; Art teacher in primary and secondary schools, in Orkney, for 8 years; Curator of the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, for 12 years; an artist since 1990, and presently working as an artist in Orkney and Zurich, Switzerland.
CV & Education
Solo exhibitions
2008 - A part APART, The Loft Gallery, Orkney
2006 - 04-04, Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
2003 - EBA4, Architextburo Patrick Thurston, Bern, Switzerland
2002 - Almost Square, Galerie Dosch, Zürich, CH
2002 - Sea/Lines, Galerie Schwenk, Castrop-Rauxel, DE
2001 - Works on Paper, Stüa Granda, Soglio, CH
2000 - Erlend Brown, Stüa Granda, Soglio, CH
2000 - Forum For Rum, Altekrone, Stäfa, CH (including monoprints with Lea Cohen)
1996 - Erlend Brown, Galerie Im Hochhuus, Küsnacht, Zürich
1994 - Peir And Ocean, Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen
1994 - Peir And Ocean, Seagate Gallery, Dundee
1993 - Peir And Ocean, Pier Arts Centre, Stromness
1991 - Festival Exhibition, Black Pig Gallery, Kirkwall
1988 - Conflux, Galerie Anita Dosch, Zurich
1983 - Piers And Objects, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh
Group exhibitions
2011 - The Booth Collection, Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale, Shetland
2010 - Jubileum Ausstellung, Vebikus Galerie, Schaffhauasen, Switzerland
2009 - Joint exhibition with Lea Cohen, Breck Studio, Birsay, Orkney
2001 - 3 Europäische, Galerie Schwenk, Castrop -Rauxel, DE, Positionen Zum Thema (with Teresa Cardelli Ita & Vassiliki CZ), Landschaft
2000 - 21st Gear, The Top Room, London, England
2000 - Friedensgrüsse, Vortragsaal der Kunsthaus Zürich CH
2000 - Happy Birthday, Gutenburg Pavillion, Mainz, DE, Johannes
2000 - Neue Kunst In Alten, Studio 10, Chur (Schneider Zunft) CH, Gemauer - installation
1999 - Silver, Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen, Scotland
1998 - Play, Stromness Library, Orkney, Scotland
1998 - Resonant Colours, Coningsby Gallery, London, England
1997 - Graphik, Stromness Library, Orkney, Scotland
1997 - The Judge Hangs, Michael Parkin Gallery, London
1996 - Nine Days On Foula, Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
1994 - Tohuwabohu, Hodshill Studios, Near Bath
1993 - Sails In St Magnus, St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
1992 - Black Pig Goes South, Smith Galleries, London
1992 - Imprints, Stromness Academy Foyer, Orkney
1991 - 12th International Triennial Of Original Graphic Prints, Grenchen, Switzerland
1991 - Hardangerutstillinga, Hardanger, Norway
1990 - 5000 Years Of Orkney Art, Pier Arts Centre, Stromness and Tour
1990 - Four Scottish Artists, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh
Residencies
2004 - 10th Anniversary of Bonhoga Gallery Residency, Booth sponsored by Shetland Arts Trust, Scalloway, Shetland
Public commissions
2009 - Puffin Hall Mural, Dählhölzli Zoo, Bern, Switzerland
Projects
2004 - Kultursommer Greina, Area of Carpet la greina, Greina, Swiss Alps
2003 - Lichtfaenger (Lightcatcher), Utobadi, Zurich